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beasts of chase in England at the time when he wrote. It seems, how- 

 ever, only reasonable to believe, under all the circumstances, that they 

 were at that time extinct hi all the southern parts, but that a few then 

 remained in their fastnesses and retreats in forests, hills, and wild dis- 

 tricts, in some of the northern counties of England, and especially in 

 the parts adjacent to Scotland, and furnished employment and sport to 

 the hunters, and that, with the increase of population and cultivation, 

 the clearing away of woods and forests, and the more general use of 

 fire-arms, they at last became extinct in the northern counties, about the 

 commencement of the seventeenth century, which was near the period 

 of the close of the reigu of Elizabeth. 



The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to Mr. Brooke 

 for his communication. 



SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING, 



Held at the Royal Institution, on the 12th January, 1857, 



THOMAS INMAN, Esq., M.D., President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected Ordinary Members : — 

 Rev. James Ceanbrook, 

 Erasmus Holden, F.C.S. 

 Enoch Harvey. 



It was moved by Dr. Ihne, and unanimously resolved, " That this 

 Society present an address to William Brown, Esq., M.P., to 

 express their sense of grateful appreciation for the munificence which 

 he has lately shown in furthering the objects of Science and Litera- 

 ture, by undertaking to erect, at his own expense, a building for a 

 Public Library and Museum in Liverpool ; and that the President, 

 three Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Hon. Secretary, be appointed 

 a committee to draw up and present the above address." 



It was moved by Mr, Andrew, and resolved, " That it be referred 

 to the Council to consider the propriety of marking the Society's 

 appreciation of Dr. Livingston's discoveries.'" 



Mr. Richard Brooke, F.S.A., exhilnted the Liverpool Poll-book for 

 the election of March 81st, J 761, containing the names of several 

 families still resident in the town. He also exhibited the autograph 

 of William Roscoe to a bond of indemnity. 



